Counting and canceling apparatus.



No. 897,485. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 190a.

A. PIGKEN. A A COUNTING AND CANGELING APPARATUS.

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7 k b P awvcm A wumm A antenna No. 897,485. PATENTBD SEPT. 1, 1908.

A. PIGKEN.

COUNTING AND GANGELING ABPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APRAI'T, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHBET 2.

lm Zuzana UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOUN TING AND CANCELING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Application filed April 17, 1906. Serial No. 312,178.,

and useful Counting and Canceling Apparatus, of which the following is aspecifica tion.

The present invention relates to improvements in counting mechanism andcanceling means, and while lparticularly useful in counting railroad micage tickets, it will be evident that said invention is not limited to 4such use, but may be employed for a variety of purposes.

heprimary object is to provide novel, simple and accurate mechanism,whereby when an article to be counted is placed in the mechanism, theregister will be autobe entirely satisfactory.

' 16 secured as shown at 1710 the end matically thrown into operation,and saidoperation will be automatically controlled and determined bysucharticle.

The )referred embodiment of the invention is i ustrated in theaccompanying drawin s, wherein igure .1 is a top plan view of themechanism. Fig. 2 is a side elevation .of-the same. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view.

Fig. 4 isa vertical cross sectional view. Fig. 5 is a detail viewillustrating the relation of the-parts when the register is beingoperated.

Similar'reference numerals designate corresponding drawings.

In the embodiment disclosed, a suitable sup ort for the mechanism isemployed, and while this] support may be of any desired character,; thatillustratedhas been found to Two s aced side lates 6 are provided, andjourna ed therein is a drivin shaft 7, which maybe. of any suitablecharacter, and is operated from an desirable source of power. This shaftconstitutes driving means for a register 8 of any suitable character,said register being mounted on'a bracket 9 that is secured by a suitableframe 10 to one of the supporting plates 6. The register is providedwith a shaft, 11 a pinion- 12 that is in mesh with a gear w'eel*13loosely journaled, as shown at-14 on the project' end of the drivingshaft/7. .Thegear whee constitutes in effect one member of africtionclutch, the other member consist of an abutment 15, againstwhich it is yielt ifiigly pressed by. a friction parts-in all thefigures of the I of the shaft. It will thus be evident thatif the shaft7 is rotated, the register being geared thereto, will be operated,inasmuch as the friction between the member 15 and the gear wheel ormember 13 is sufficient to normally hold said gear wheel against movement on the shaft when there is no great resistance to the movementof'the wheel. Normally, however, the re ister is secured a ainstmovement, in whic case, the gear w eel 13 will be stationary and thedriving shaft 7 will rotate therein. The register is held by brakemechanism, consisting of a wheel 18 fixed to the shaft 11 and havinperipheral teeth 19. A brake is provide that is in the form of an arm20, one end of which is carried b a shaft 21 journaled in the sideplates. be other end carries a dog or tooth 22 that is movable into andout of cooperation with the teeth- 19. A

- spring 23 normally holds saidteeth in such coaction.

" The driving shaft 7 constitutes a support I and driving means-for acarrier or measuri drum comprisin spaced sections 24 carrie by saidshaft anlocated between the plates 6. This drum therefore will rotatecontinuously, regardless of the operation of the register. A controllingarm 25, fixed to the shaft 21, which carries the arm 20, is-disposed inline with the s ace between the drum sections 24, and sai arm 25,-hasivoted on its free end, a depending dog 26, 'wliichnormally has itslower end located in the space between the drum sections, as showninFigs. 3

and 4, said lower end bein rearwardly and downwardly beveled, asustrated at 27. The arm also carries a depending finger 28 on which is'pivotally. mounted a tr1p29, the u per end of which enga es the rearside of tli edo 26, the lower end aving an oflsetcoun-- ter alancingweighted portion 30. When the dog 26 is in its lowermost sition, asshown In Figs. 3 and 4, the toot '22 of the brake arm 20 is in coactionwith'the teeth 19 of the brake wheel 18'. Consequently the register.will be locked against movement, but if the do 26is raised, the arm 25will be swung, there?) ryin the tooth out o coaction ,withthe y swinginthe arm 26 and car-- loo whee so that the register then be-operated.

the riphery of the drum sections 24 and-are 18 g2 pivotally mounted asshown at 33, and

having upstanding fingers 34 to which are connecte s rings 35. Thesesprings yieldingl'y urge t e arms downwardly, and consequentlyyieldingly maintain the rollers 31 in coaction with the eriphery of thedrum. It will be evident t at any number of rollers may be employed, asdesired. The said rollers serve to maintain the article being connectsthe rearward extension 41 of said arm 38 with the upper portion of thesupportin arm 39. The roller 37, preferably carries suitable cancelingmeans, as for instance, a stamp. While this stamp may be of any desiredcharacter,.there is shown in the drawings, as an example, the lettersCAN, in-

idicating canceled. -An inking roller 42 is journaled on the arm 38 inrear of the roller 37, and the type will. engage said inking roller-uponthe rotation of the roller 37, as will be evident.

In-practice, the number of teeth of the wheel 18 is referably ten, sothat one revolution of'this wheel records ten units on the register.Thus, each tooth of said wheel seven units.

that passes the tooth 22 of the brake arm 20 permits the movement of theregister one unit. The. circumferential eriphery of the drum24"represents a'stan ard of measurement divided into a number of (parts,each one of these parts being ex'presse in the o eration of the machineby one tooth of t e wheel'18 passing the tooth 22. For instance,

if the drum is rotated so far that twelve of -the number of arts intowhich it'is divided pass a given oint, twelve teeth of the wheel 18 willpass the tooth 220i the arm-20, ro-

viding of course that said tooth-is out o 00- action with the teeth andthe re 'ster wheels will be moved twelve units. drum 24 is again rotatedso far that twentyfive of the number of parts into WhlCh it is dividedpass such given point, twenty-five teeth on the wheel 18 will passthe-tooth 22 and the-register will have been moved thlltfi Assumingtherefore that t driving shaft 7 is in o eration by suitable motivepower .applied t ereto and the tooth 22 is in coaction with the wheel18, the register will be stationary, while the drum 24 and the rollers31 will revolve continuousl If now an article to be counted and canoe edas as for example, a railroad mileage slip (a length hen if the ofticket composed of a number of connected coupons of equal length), ispresented to the revolving drum, as the end of said strip passes beneaththe rollers 31, it will be held snugly against the peri hery of thedrum. As a result, the sli against the incline lower end of the-swingmgdog 26, which is inthe position illustrated 1n Fig. 3. The dog willthereupon be moved upwardly, carrying with it, the arm 25, the arm 20,and withdrawing the tooth 22 from engagement with the wheel 18. Thelatter being now free to revolve, the register will be operated, throughthe interposed gearing, fromthe shaft 7, and said register will continueto operate as long as the strip or ticket that is being counted keepsthe arms 25 and 20 raised. Therefore the register will record thenumberof coupons, re resenting miles the ticket contains. s alreadystated, the ticket raises the dog 26, and it will be noted thatimmediately afterwardswill strike the lower end of' the trip 29,swinging said trip and causingthe dog 26 to move forwardly into anadvanced osition. When the end of the ticket passes roni beneath thedog, the arms of their own weight, assisted by the spring 23 will againfall, carrying the tooth 22 into 006 eration with the tooth 19, againlocking t e register. The reason for moving the dog 26 into the advancedposition is to allow it to drop from the rear end of the travelingticket that is being countedsooner than it otherwise would, so as toinsure the tooth 22 dropping into po sition in front of one of the teeth19 of the wheel 18 for owing to the speed at which the wil be carriedforwardapparatus runs,-there might be danger of a tooth passing beforethe arms could drop, in which case, the -register would record one moreunit than the strip of ticket contains,

making the mechanisminaccurate. It will be evident, however, that bythis means, any chance of overthrow is prevented, and the space betweenthe teeth 19 of the wheel 18 permits the advanced movement of the lockor brake mechanism.

The canceling of the ticket is done on its journey betweenthe rollers 36and 37. The characters on the peripheral surface of the former areprinted upon said ticket.

From theforegoing, it is thought that the construction, operation andmany advantages of the herein described invention will betapparent tothose skilled in-the art, withou proportion, and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the p f ficingany of the advantages .of the invention.

urther description, and it will be-understood that various changes inthe size, shape,

r 897,485 p athe combination with a register,'of operating meanstherefor, a brake for preventing the actuation of the register b theoperating means, and means controlle by an article to 4 5 be registeredfor moving the brake to permit the 0 rating means to actuatetheregister.

2. n a machine of the character set forth,

the combination with a register, of operating means therefor, a brakefor holding the mg ister against movement, and means operated by anarticle to be registered for moving the brake to an inoperative positionwith respect to said register.

3." In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with a reter,]of o erating means therefor, a brakew eel mova le with theregister, a brake movable into and out of coaction with the wheel, andmeans controlled by the article to be registered for moving the brake.

4. In a machine of the character set forth,- the combination with aregister, of operating 'means therefor, a toothed brake wheel movablewith the register, a brake latch movable into and outof coaction withthe teeth of the wheel, and means controlled by the article to beregistered formoving the latch out of coaction with the teeth of thewheel.

5. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with aregister, of means for operating the register, a toothed brake wheelconnected to the register, a swingin "brake arm having a tooth movableinto an out of coaction with the teeth of the wheel, and means actuatedby the article to be registered and connected to the arm for swingingthe same. 6. In a machine'of the character set forth, the combinationwith a register, of an article 40 carrying device, operating means forsimultaneously moving the register and carrying device, and meansforcontrolling the move ment of the register by -the operating means,said controlling means including anactuating element movable toward andfrom the carrying device and actuated by an article passed between thetwo. i 7. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination witha'register, of a movable carrying device, operatingmeans -con-" nectedto the register and to the carrying de- --vice for simultaneouslydriving them and means actuated by an article associated with thecarrying device and separate from said I operating means for controllingthe movement of the register by the operating means. 8. In a machine ofthe character set forth, the combination with a register, of operatingmeans therefor, a carrier drum rotated by so the register operati means,and a coactmg roller, said drum an roller being relatively movabletoward and from each other to permit the passage of an article betweenthem, and means 0 erated upon the relative move- 68 ment of the rum androller by the insertion ofan article between them for controlling themovement of the registerby the operating means. r

9. In a machine of the character set forth, i the combination with aregister, of o crating 70 means therefor, a brake for holding theregister against movement, a movable carrying device, and controllingmeans for the brake actuated by an article placed upon the carryingdevice.

10. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with aregister, of operating means therefor, mechanism for preventing theactuation of the register by the operatin means, a carrying drumcontinuously rotated by the register 0 eratin means, and a controllingarm for the mec anism connected to the mechanism and movable toward andfrom the drum, said arm bein actuated by an article placed between therum and arm. 35

'1 1. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with a reister, of operating means therefor, a brake w eel connected to theregister, a brake movable into and out of coaction with the wheel, andan actuati 9 arm for the brake having a portion dis ose in the ath ofmovement of an article placed upon -t e drum.

12. In a machine of the character set forth,

the combination with a register, of operating 5 means therefor, acarrying device, controlling means for the register including a membermovably associated with the carrying device, and movable from and to aset position, said member being actuated by an article laced upon thecarrying device, and means or automaticall changing the position of themember a er its actuation by the article.

13.. In a machine of the character set forth,

the combination with a register, of operating 5 means therefor, acarryingdevice, means for c'ontrollingthe, operation of the registerineluding aswingi'n arm, a do ivoted on the arm and actuate by an artice laced upon the carrying device, andmeans or automatically swinging thedog on the arm after the actuation of said dog b the article. I

14. In a machine of t e character set forth, the combination with a re'ster, of means for' operating the same, a bra e-for holdingthe registeragainst movement by the operating means, an article carrying drumcomfprising spaced sections, an actuating arm or the brake,a dog pivotedon the arm and operating between the drum sections, and a trip alsopivoted on the arm and operating between the drum sections, said tripengaging the dog toeffect the swinging movement thereof.

15. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with aregister of o crating means therefor, a brake for holding t e registeragainst movement by the operat ng means, a rotary article carrylng drum,comprising spaced sections, and a controlling arm for the &

ally engaged devices constituting driving connections between theoperating means and re ister, and mechanism controlled by the artlcle tobe registered for preventing the movement of the register by saidoperating means and thereby causing the relative rotation of thedevices. r

17. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with aregister, of o erating means therefor, a clutch connection between theoperating. means and register, said clutch connection comprisingrelatively rotatable constantly engaged members, and mechanismcontrolled by the article to be registered for holding one memberagainst movement while permitting the rotation of the other to preventthe movement of the register by said operating means.

18; In a machine of the character set forth,

the combination with a register, of operating means therefor, a clutchconnection between the means and register comprising relatively movablefrictional engaged members, and means controlled by the article to beregistered for normally holding one of the members against movement toprevent the actuation of said register by the operating means.

19. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with aregister, of operating means therefor, a clutch connection between 'theoperating means and register comprising frictionally engaged relativelyrotatablemembers, and a brake for holding one of the members againstmovement to (prevent the opera-.

tion of the register b sai means. I

20. In a machine 0 the character set forth,

thecombination with a register, of operating.

means therefor, a clutch connection between the operating means andreglster com rising relatively rotatable frictionally engage members, atoothed brake wheel connected to the register, a brake latch movableinto and out of coaction with the wheel to hold it and thereby theregister and one of the, friction members against movement, andoperating means for the brake latch, said means being actuatedby anarticle to beregistered.

21. In a machine of the character set forth,

the combination with driving means, of an article carrying deviceconnected thereto and driven thereby, a register also operated by thedriving means independently of the carrying device, and means associatedwith said carrying cevice and operated by an article placed thereon forcontrolling the operation of the register.

22. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with adriving shaft, of a carrying drum, connected thereto and driven thereby,a register connected to and operated by the-shaft independentl of thedrum, and means associated ,with the drum and operated by an articleplaced thereagainst for controlling the operation of the register.-

23. In a machine of thecharacter set forth,

- the combination'with a rotatable drum, of a shaft therefor, a gearwheel, a frictional connection between the .wheel and shaft,- a toothedwheel geared to said gear'wheel, a register connected with said toothedwheel, a 'brake' movable into and out of coaction with the wheel, andmeans for actuating the brake. b

24. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with a gearwheel, of a rotatable measuring drum, comprising spaced sections andhaving a peripheral circumfer- 1 ence equal in length to a predeterminednumber of units corresponding to the num-. ber of teeth on. said gearwheel, a shaft for said wheel associated with the drum, a

toothed wheel geared to said gear wheel, a

register connected with said toothed wheel, a brake arm carrying a dogthat is movable into and out of cooperation with the toothed wheel, andmeans for actuating the arm. 1

25. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with ameasuring drum, of a shaft for said drum, a gear wheel loosely mountedupon said shaft, friction means that allows said ear wheel to be heldstationary upon the s aft, and causes said wheel to rotate with theshaft when not held, a toothed wheel geared to the gear wheel, aregister connected with the toothed wheel, a brake arm carrying a dogthat is movable into and out of cooperation with the toothed wheel, andmeans foractuating the arm,

7 26. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with arotatable drum, of a shaft connected thereto, a gear wheel looselymounted upon said shaft, and means for frictionally securing the wheelto the shaft, a toothed wheel geared to'the gear'wheel, a registerconnected with said toothed wheel, a rake arm carrying a dog thatismovable into and out of coaction with the toothed wheel, and meansassociated with the drum for actuatingthe arm. I

. 27. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination witharevoluble drum, of a shaft therefor, a gear wheel mounted on saidshaft, means for frictionally securing the wheel tothe shaft, a toothedwheel geared to said gear wheel, a register connected with the toothedwheel, a brake arm car ing a dog or tooth that is gmovable into an outof cooperation with the toothed wheel, a controlling arm operating thebrake arm in one'direction to release the toothed wheel, a swingingdevice carried by the controlling arm and cooperating with the drum, anda counterbalanced tri pivotally situated behind and ainst sai device.

28. a-m'achine ofthe character set forth,

'surero part will press ain'st the same and cause it a to swing outw yand occupy a position in advance of its former or original position andto remain in such position until released b said pivoted trip, whereuponit will fall bac to its said former or original position.

29. In a machine of the character 'set forth, the combination with arevoluble drum com prising spaced sections, of a plurality of preserscooperating therewith, springs for yieldingly maintaining therollers incontact with the periphery of the drum, forming means for carrying anarticle of suitable sha upon the periphery of said drum, a sh connectedwith said drum, 'a toothed wheel geared to said shaft, a latch movableinto engagement with the toothed wheel to }l0l(il the same, and meansfor actuating the. ate I 1 30. In a machine of the character set forth,the combination with a revoluble drum, comprising spaced sections, ofcanceling rollers acting in peripheral con'unction with each other, oneof said rollers i-n located in the space between the-sections, t e otherbeing pivoted without the same, canceling means carried by one of therollers, and registering mechanism associated with the drum.

31. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination with adriving shaft, of a ca g drum mounted thereon, a register, a frictionclutch connectin the register and shaft and com rising ire ativelyrotatable members, one 0 which is connected to the shaft, the otherbeing connected to the register, a brakevwheel connected to theregister, a swinging brake latch movablevinto and out of coaction withthe wheel, a drum operated bythe driving shaft and comprising spacedsections, and means for swinging the latch, said means lncluding an armconnected to said latch and having devices that operate between thesections of the drum.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

i ARCHIBALD PIOKEN.

Witnesses:

H. C. DEULINGER, I LEON T. SEAVELL.

